394 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



DISSECTIONS. 



The following pups were dissected from the Reef : 



1. A female pup; long dead; good condition; cord attached; extravasation of 

 blood on chest and neck. 



2. Male pup; good condition; very fat; eyes fresh; viscera normal, except that 

 the right lung is collapsed; stomach full of milk, pink in color. 



3. Female pup; good condition; lungs slightly congested, not crepitating ; 

 contents of stomach yellowish brown; subcutaneous extravasation over left rib just 

 over gastric region; stomach walls greenish brown in color. 



4. Male pup; good condition ; fat; lungs slightly congested toward base; stomach 

 full of milk; viscera normal. 



5. Male pup; fresh, fat; large extravasation over posterior ribs; pericardium 

 inflamed and full of blood; stomach containing small stones. 



6. Male pup; condition fair; bruises all round the abdominal region; lungs 

 congested, especially toward apex on both sides; stomach distended with milk. 



7. Female pup; very fat; stomach distended with milk; viscera apparently 

 normal and sound ; skull intact. 



8. Female pup, young; slight extravasation round neck and shoulders; greater 

 extravasation on forehead and around head; lungs somewhat congested, especially on 

 left side. 



9. Male pup ; much emaciated ; lungs much congested and collapsed ; somewhat 

 bruised about head. 



10. Female pup, good condition, fat ; viscera normal ; no inflammation in peritoneum ; 

 kidneys soft and decomposed, though rest of viscera in good condition. 



11. Male pup; lungs normal; viscera decomposed; no obvious cause of death. 



12. Large male pup ; skin torn off one half right side of ventral portion of abdomen. 

 (Killed by Mr. Crowley). External oblique muscle torn through on right side. This 

 pup was going about alive and active when killed by the Treasury agent. 



13. Male pup, small. Seen to be injured by a bull's hind flipper. It was unable to 

 walk and lay helpless. On dissection no internal injuries could be seen. 



14. Male pup, large, emaciated; lungs congested; other viscera normal. 



15. Male pup, poor condition; lungs much congested; very dark in color; other 

 viscera normal, but quite destitute of fat. 



None of the adults were in a condition to dissect. The presence of 9 of these cows 

 in the most dense mass of seals on the Reef suggests the rough treatment of the bulls 

 as a cause of death. 



AUGUST 9. 



Dr. Jordan and Mr. Clark visited Lukanin rookery and finished the count of dead 

 pups there in the afternoon, afterwards visiting the "slide." The count of August 8 

 gave 111 on Lukaniu to the end of the green cliff. The completed count gives to 

 Lukanin 205 dead pups. 



LUKANIN ROOKERY. 



One dying pup was seen; large, well nourished, but dumpish and unable to move. 

 It lay between two rocks, where it might have been stepped upon. As it could not 

 recover, it was killed. It proved to be a male with plenty of fat. The stomach full of 



